XAT 2017 LIST OF VOCABULARY WORDS
Read the most important words that are very important for the XAT 2017 vocabulary.
(1) Schmaltz
Meaning: Excessive sentimentality, especially in music or films
Usage: At the end of the film the audience are drowned in the sea of schmaltz.
(2) Pogrom
Meaning: an organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, in particular, that of Jews in Russia or eastern Europe
Usage: the Nazis began a pogrom against Jewish people in Germany
(3) Dreck
Meaning: Rubbish/Trash
Usage: This so-called art is pure dreck.
(4) Shtick
Meaning: a gimmick, comic routine, style of performance, etc. associated with a particular person
Usage: There are many great comics who have based their stand-up shtick on observational comedy.
(5) Schlock
Meaning: cheap or inferior goods or material/trash
Usage: The factory on the outskirts of the city closed down as it was producing mass schlock material.
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